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The New York Open Center offers a comprehensive suite of wellness services. Individual sessions are available in more than 15 modalities, from classic techniques to deep spiritual healing. All sessions are offered by professional, licensed practitioners, as required, in a soothing, nurturing environment.

Dr. Richard P. Brown will teach you how to dissolve pain using regulated breathing practices combined with movement, visualization, sound, and Open Focus Attention Training. The gentle movement and breathing practices activate anti-pain, anti-inflammation, and anti-stress effects of the parasympathetic nervous system. Through Open Focus Attention Training, developed by Dr. Les Fehmi, the mind learns how to dissolve emotional and physical pain. Dr. Brown’s unique integrative approach has brought relief to thousands of people suffering from physical injuries, cancer, toxic exposures, military service, inflammatory bowel disease, arthritis, and many other illnesses.

This workshop is suitable for professional healthcare providers, as well as for healthcare consumers dealing with their own pain.

Recommended Reading: The Healing Power of Breath by Brown and Dr. Patricia Gerbarg.

Richard P. Brown, MD, Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, is a pioneer in holistic approaches to psychiatry, including the use of supplements such as SAM-e and Rhodiola rosea and techniques such as yogic breathing. He co- authored Stop Depression Now. He also co-authored, with Dr. Patricia Gerbarg, The Rhodiola Revolution; How to Use Herbs, Nutrients and Yoga in Mental Health; Non-Drug Treatments for ADHD; and The Healing Power of the Breath (book + CD).